This page highlights my privacy policy and terms of use. Please read these items carefully before using this site.
Who we are
A Trip Around the Mitten found at https:/atriparoundthemitten.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used from those who visit our website or make use of our online facilities and services, and what we will and will not do with the information we collect. This Policy applies to A Trip Around The Mitten LLC, and it governs any and all data collections and usage by us. Through the use of https://atriparoundthemitten.com, you are therefore consenting to the data collection procedures expressed in this Policy.
Please note that this Policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies that A Trip Around The Mitten LLC does not control, nor by the individuals not employed or managed by us. If you visit a website that we mention or link to, be sure to review its privacy policy before providing the site with information. It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and statements of any website you choose to use or frequent to better understand the way in which websites garner, make use of and share the information collected.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your computer by your web browser. The file is added once you agree to store cookies on your computer or device, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow sites to respond to you as an individual. The Website can also tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
This Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:
- Analyze our web traffic using an analytics package;
- Identify if you are signed in to the Website;
- Test content on the Website;
- Store information about your preferences;
- Recognize when you return to the Website.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- Third-party analytics, including Google Analytics, may be used to track and measure usage of this site.
- From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while using the Services while ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
- The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
- We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including, but not limited to, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, and YouTube will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Affiliate Disclosure
This website contains affiliate links. When you click on an affiliate link and purchase a product through one of our partners, we may receive a small commission. There is no additional cost to you as a result of following one of these links.
A Trip Around The Mitten only promotes products or services that we truly believe will be of benefit to you regardless of price or the commission amount. A Trip Around The Mitten does not receive compensation for product reviews. Any product we review will be evaluated in an unbiased manner and will in no way be given special consideration for any reason.
All products are evaluated by one or more of the following:
- Our own testing or personal experience with the product
- Firsthand knowledge of others who have used and tested the product
- Aggregate ratings from other users posted in reviews
- Reviews from other reputable websites
Through our research, we believe the products we promote will prove to be more than satisfactory for their intended purpose. Although we can’t be liable for the failure of a product to perform as expected, we would appreciate any negative feedback on a product that does not meet reasonable standards so that we may use that feedback to possibly re-evaluate it in our report.
Please send any feedback using our contact form.
Amazon
A Trip Around The Mitten is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
What personal information do we collect?
When you access the Website, as appropriate, we may collect information about you during your visit. You may be asked to enter your name, email address, or other details to help you with your experience. Upon subscribing to this website, we may send you free newsletters and emails that promote the use of this site. When you receive such emails, you always have the option to stop receiving communications from us. You can do so by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email.
Additional non-personal information may be passively collected when you visit, use or navigate the Services. This information may include information such as: device information, IP address, browser, operating system, language preferences, location information, referring URLs, how you use our Services, and other technical information.
How we use the information collected
We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain this Website.
- To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
- To enable user-to-user communications.
- To improve our website, including security and fraud prevention.
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
- To ask for feedback, ratings and reviews of services or products.
- To follow up with you after correspondence (i.e. email inquiries).
- To save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm to oneself or others.
- To comply with the law.
Children’s Privacy
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 18 years old. Furthermore, if you are under the age of 18, you need parental permission to use this site and are prohibited from using this site without such permission.
If a parent or guardian believes that we have personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 and wishes for that information to be deleted, please contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change, alter, modify, or replace this Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. If we do, we will let you know by revising the date at the top of this policy. If we make a change to this policy that is material, in our sole discretion, we will provide notification to users of material changes to this Privacy Policy by (i) sending an email notification to the users, and (ii) through our Website by posting a notice on our home page, at least thirty days before a change is to be effective. Non-material changes will be effective immediately. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of its terms.
Contacting us
If there are any questions regarding these policies, you may contact us via our contact page or email at [email protected].
This Privacy Policy was last updated: March 23, 2024
